blare

1 of 2

verb

blared; blaring

intransitive verb

: to sound loud and strident
radios blaring

transitive verb

1
: to sound or utter raucously
sat blaring the car horn
2
: to proclaim flamboyantly
headlines blared his defeat

blare

2 of 2

noun

1
: a loud strident noise
2
: dazzling often garish brilliance
3

Examples of blare in a Sentence

Verb Rock music blared through the store from the loudspeakers. Loudspeakers blared rock music through the store. Noun the blare of electric guitars the blare of horns arising from the long line of cars behind him did nothing to help the motorist get his car started again
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Ali and his comrades burst through the curtain as Turkmen music blared on the stereo. Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024 Allen would see him out on the porch, blare a horn and wave. Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 2 Mar. 2024 But while the alarms blared and lights flashed, the superintendent didn’t get the text message reporting the incident like she was supposed to. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024 The natural hubbub of city streets — such as an ambulance’s sudden blaring siren — can instantly render an entire interview useless. Stefano Montali, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024 Seconds later, the train – with its horns blaring – smashes into the front of the truck, sending debris flying. Greg Norman, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2024 Rock music blares and everyone is embroiled in conviviality. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024 This year’s Independent Spirit Awards faced a major broadcast hurdle as a Pro-Palestinian protestor with a speaker and a prerecorded message blared out many of the presenters and winners onstage. William Earl, Variety, 25 Feb. 2024 As 2 Live Crew blared from the speakers, the teenage Rodgers couldn’t help but dance. C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2024
Noun
These needed to be kept at a distance from exploding pyrotechnics and angled away from the blare of the stadium’s public-address system. Jody Rosen, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023 The roar of an unseen crowd blares, a deafening noise that rises and falls in enveloping waves. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023 The bears lingered outside the van for a few more minutes until the blare of the sirens drove them back into the woods. Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023 For many residents and business owners in Vancouver’s historic Chinatown, only a block away, East Hastings means theft, garbage, graffiti and a near-constant blare of sirens. Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2022 The blare of sirens could be heard in the distance, as ambulances raced up the main road toward villages deeper in the countryside. Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023 Above ground, the images are reminiscent of Bela Tarr or the particularly dolorous stretches of early Tarkovsky movies, an impression accented by the strange siren-like blares, twangs and choral interludes of Tako Zhordania’s otherwordly score. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 8 July 2023 In a city that shouts and blares, these are little whispers, with voices as varied and distinctive as New Yorkers themselves. Dodai Stewart, New York Times, 26 June 2023 Larry Jeffries has lived on Pecan Street for 45 years and during that time has grown accustomed to the blare of the warning siren that sits just beyond his backyard. Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English bleren; akin to Middle Dutch blēren to shout

First Known Use

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Noun

1796, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of blare was in the 15th century

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Cite this Entry

“Blare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blare. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

blare

1 of 2 verb
ˈbla(ə)r How to pronounce blare (audio)
ˈble(ə)r
blared; blaring
1
: to sound loud and harsh
2
: to sound or say in a harsh noisy manner
loudspeakers blaring advertisements

blare

2 of 2 noun
: a loud disagreeable noise
the blare of trumpets

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